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1) Jose Rizal attended Ateneo Municipal in Manila from 1872-1877 where he excelled academically, winning numerous medals and honors. 2) Ateneo was run by Spanish Jesuits and followed a strict discipline-focused education system that divided students into groups competing for titles like Emperor and Tribune. 3) Over his six years at Ateneo, Rizal impressed his professors with his intelligence and talent, cultivating interests in writing, painting, and sculpture. He ultimately graduated with highest honors at age 16 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

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Jose Rizal Rex

1) Jose Rizal attended Ateneo Municipal in Manila from 1872-1877 where he excelled academically, winning numerous medals and honors. 2) Ateneo was run by Spanish Jesuits and followed a strict discipline-focused education system that divided students into groups competing for titles like Emperor and Tribune. 3) Over his six years at Ateneo, Rizal impressed his professors with his intelligence and talent, cultivating interests in writing, painting, and sculpture. He ultimately graduated with highest honors at age 16 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

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ST.

SCHOLASTICA
COLLEGE
MANILA
Ateneo Municipal- a college
under the supervision of the
Spanish Jesuits
· Escuela Pia (Charity School)-
formerly name of Ateneo, a
school for poor boys in Manila
which was established by the city
government in 1817
· Escuela Pia----> Ateneo
Municipal---> Ateneo de Manila
· June 10, 1872- Rizal
accompanied by Paciano went to
Manila
· Father Magin Ferrando- was the
college registrar, refused to
admit Rizal in Ateneo for two
reasons: (1)he was late for
registration (2) he was sickly and
undersized for his age
· Manuel Xerez Burgos-because of
his intercession, nephew of
Father Burgos, Rizal was
reluctantly admitted at the
Ateneo
· Jose was the first of his family to
adopt the surname “Rizal”. He
registered under this name at Ateneo
because their family name “Mercado”
had come under the suspicion of the
Spanish authorities
· Rizal was first boarded in a house
outside Intramuros, on Caraballo
Street. This was owned by a spinster
named Titay who owed the Rizal
family the amount of 300 pesos
JESUIT SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
-it trained the character of the
student by rigid discipline and
religious instructions
-Students were divided into two
groups:
· Roman Empire- consisting of
internos (boarders); red banner
· Carthaginian Empire- composed of
the externos (non-boarders); blue
banner
· Emperor- the best student in each
“empire”
· Tribune- the second best
· Decurion- the third best
· Centurion-the fourth best
· Stand-bearer- the fifth best
· The Ateneo students in Rizal’s time
wore a uniform which consisted of
“hemp-fabric trousers” and “striped
cotton coat” The coat material was
called rayadillo
FIRST YEAR IN ATENEO (1872-1873)
· Father Jose Bech- Rizal’s first
professor in Ateneo whom he
described as a “tall thin man, with a
body slightly bent forward, a harried
walk, an ascetic face, severe and
inspired, small deep-sunken eyes, a
sharp nose that was almost Greek,
and thin lips forming an arc whose
ends fell toward the chin
· A Religious picture- Rizal’s first prize
for being the brightest pupil in the
whole class
· To improve his Spanish, Rizal took
private lessons in Santa Isabel
College during the noon recesses. He
paid three pesos for those extra
Spanish lessons
· At the end of the school year in
March, 1873, Rizal returned to
Calamba for summer vacation
· When the summer vacation ended,
Rizal returned to Manila for his
second year term in Ateneo. This time
he boarded inside Intramuros at No. 6
Magallanes Street. His landlady was
an old widow named Doña Pepay
CALAMBA

INTRAMUROS, MAGALLANES, ST.


SECOND YEAR IN ATENEO (1873-
1874)
-At the end of the school year, Rizal
received excellent grades in all
subjects and a gold medal
· The Count of Monte Cristo by
Alexander Dumas- the first favorite
novel of Rizal which made a deep
impression on him
· Universal History by Cesar Cantu-
Rizal persuaded his father to buy him
this set of historical work that was a
great aid in his studies
· Dr. Feodor Jagor- a German
scientist-traveler who visited the
Philippines in 1859-1860 who wrote
Travels in the Philippines
-Rizal was impressed in this book
because of (1) Jagor’s keen
observations of the defects of
Spanish colonization (2)his prophecy
that someday Spain would lose the
Philippines and that America would
come to succeed her as colonizer
THIRD YEAR IN ATENEO (1874-1875)
-Rizal grades remained excellent in all
subjects but he won only one medal—
in Latin
-At the end of the school year (March
1875), Rizal returned to Calamba for
the summer vacation. He himself was
not impressed by his scholastic work.

FOURTH YEAR IN ATENEO


· June 16, 1875- Rizal became an
interno in the Ateneo
· Padre Francisco de Paula Sanchez- a
great educator and scholar, one of
Rizal’s professors who inspired him to
study harder and to write poetry
-Rizal described this Jesuit professor
as “model of uprightness,
earnestness, and love for the
advancement of his pupils”
· Rizal topped all his classmates in all
subjects and won five medals at the
end of the school term.
LAST YEAR IN ATENEO (1876-1877)
-Rizal’s studies continued to fare well.
As a matter-of-fact, he excelled in all
subjects. The most brilliant Atenean
of his time, he was truly “the pride of
the Jesuits”
· March 23, 1877- Commencement
Day, Rizal, who was 16 years old,
received from his Alma Mater, Ateneo
Municipal, the degree of Bachelor of
Arts, with highest honors
· Marian Congregation- a religious
society wherein Rizal was an active
member and later became the
secretary
· Rizal cultivated his literary talent
under the guidance of Father Sanchez
· Father Jose Vilaclara- advised Rizal
to stop communing with the Muse and
pay more attention to more practical
studies
. During his years in Ateneo, Rizal
desire to serve as a local nationalist.
. Rizal write his poem entitled “Por la
Educacion Recibe Lustre la Patria”
(Through Education the Fatherland
Receives Glory)
. An examination of Rizal’s student
memoirs, as well as his dairies,
suggest that the Ateneo years was
the formative ones.
· Rizal studied painting under the
famous Spanish painter, Agustin Saez,
and sculpture under Romualdo de
Jesus, noted Filipino sculptor
· Rizal carved an image of the Virgin
Mary on a piece of batikuling
(Philippine hardwood) with his pocket
knife
· Father Lleonart- impressed by Rizal’s
sculptural talent, requested him to
carve for him an image of Sacred
Heart of Jesus

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